Hi Amanda,Lake County, CA is a unique place.

To give you an idea of what taxes look like on a sale below is an example for a property in Texas, obviously everyone's situation is unique and you'll need to meet with a CPA. 

Even though your market might prove expensive, I would exhaust all options before ruling it out.Truth is, you have a unique competitive advantage in your market.  

How Ford’s BlueOval City Project Impacts Real Estate: A Setback and Opportunity for InvestorsFord’s massive BlueOval City project, a planned $5.6 billion electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing campus in Stanton, Tennessee, is a game-changer for the region.

If multiple states you will want a regional or countrywide lender.  3.  

Of course each market is unique..

You would be surprised how much Wayfair marks stuff up, and that a lot of things that are marketed as unique are sold by numerous retailers. 

Without one, there is a small and remote chance that the existing system of insurance, mortgages and the US housing market as we've known it, is at systemic risk due to; over-financialization, risk aversion and regional fragmentation.

Your background gives you a unique edge in making that pitch.

The only thing unique to these coaches is that you pay them thousands of dollars for brainwashing, sorry, I mean, "motivation".Now I don't know anything about Joe Mccall but everything the OP posted screams snake oil salesman.